When you were 10, do you remember how much energy you had? How happy, confident and hopeful you were? You had little to worry about and the days weren’t long enough to fit all the things you wanted to do. Each day, you tried your hand at something new and it brought a smile to your face. Most importantly, you were least bothered about what others thought of you.
As you got older, however, your priorities changed. Life became less about living in the moment and more about creating a future. In the quest of getting somewhere, you became so busy that your inner child got lost. While fulfilling your responsibilities, you forgot to enjoy the little moments of life and what it meant to live without a care or worry in the world.
Maybe it’s time to reconnect with your inner child. How? Well, listed below are a few things that you can do to rediscover that sense of freedom, enthusiasm and fun.
Start asking questions
Do you remember how curious you were as a kid? Be it wanting to know the names of characters in a movie or how to tie a shoelace to asking why it feels cold in winters and warm in summers, you never stopped to think how silly asking seemed. But as you grew up, your sense of curiosity faded and you became afraid of what others would think of your questions. From today itself, start asking questions again. Just be yourself and ask if you have any doubts. This way, you will rekindle your curiosity and be able to find joy in little things.
Give wings to your imagination
Remember playing and building things with your toys as a kid? It was so easy to believe that you were an architect constructing buildings or a doctor helping dolls heal. When you played with your friends, you’d come up with new rules for a game, and find unique ways to communicate—the language that only you and your friends understood. In short, you’d let your imagination run wild because you saw the world as clay, ready to be moulded.
But then you got older and discovered how the world already had rules of its own and you didn’t have to make any! Since you no longer had to do things differently, you stopped keeping in touch with your inner child.
Reconnect with your inner child by giving a free rein to your imagination because it leads to not just creativity but gives you the power to do things that haven’t been done before.
Travel to new places, try new things
A simple way to establish a connection with the inner child is to travel to new places and try new things. Travel to a place that you find exciting and that brings you joy. Do something you haven’t done before. Eat a new cuisine, meet new people or even try an adventure sport. Doing these things will take you back to the time when you weren’t afraid of outcomes, you simply did things because they made you happy.
Once you understand how to be happy by following your bliss, you won’t have trouble reconnecting with your inner child anymore.
Start asking questions, give wings to your imagination, travel to new places, try new things, smile as often as you can, take chances, and protect your play-time.
Asking questions encourages curiosity and a childlike sense of wonder. It prompts you to explore, learn, and seek answers.
Nurturing your imagination allows you to tap into your creative and playful side. Engaging in imaginative activities stimulates your mind, encourages free thinking, and brings back the creativity of childhood.
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